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Langa township home.


Langa township children.


Langa township toilets.


Johnny Hill at "Gugulethu 7" memorial.

Bre Harmon with Langa children.

Botanical Gardens visit.

Lisa Hermann pointing out God's beauty to Bre.

Bre, Katie and Daniel having fun in sculpture garden.

Men returning from initiation rite in the bush.

Liziwi, owner of guesthouse in Gugulethu who housed and fed us.

Andrew, Gugulethu tour guide, at Amy Biehl memorial site.

Gugulethu children.

Iris Jasmin smelling African beer in welcoming ritual.

Gugulethu kids being kids!

Peter Storey, former Bishop of Methodist church in South Africa and key figure in fight against Aparthied and an all around beautiful child of God.

PENGUINS!!!

Emily Miller at Cape of Good Hope.

The Cape of Good Hope.

Gate at Robben Island.

Derrick, tour guide and former prisoner of Robben Island.

Nelson Mandela's prison cell.

Day Two Photos

www.warehouse.org.za

The Warehouse works in partnership with churches in Cape Town, South Africa as they respond to the poverty and injustice that pervades society.

Maurie, volunteer and tour guide.

We got a chance to work in the warehouse sorting clothes.

Frances getting instructions.

Johnny sorting the unmentionables and, well, being Johnny.

Melissa sorting shoes.

Gillian, project director for Workspring at The Warehouse gave an overview of her program and her testimony.

We had lunch at Maphindi's Butchery, which wasn't a primo selection for our four vegetarians.  It is located in the township Gugulethu, and operated by Kyle Maphindi who hosted us.  It is a self serve BBQ (braai).  You select your meat, pat for it, throw it on a grill and grill it yourself or tip the workers to grill it for you.  Fascinating experience, and extremely commendable employer in this highly unemployed community.

O Lord,
we can never fully comprehend
the length, breadth, depth and height of your love:
but we pray that that love may so transform us
through your suffering
as to make us reach out to
the despairing and the desperate
and work for peace and reconciliation between all people:
for Jesus’ sake, hear our prayer. Amen.

—Douglas Bax, Cry Justice! Prayers, Meditations and Readings from South Africa

We had the privilege of listening and interacting with The Revd Douglas Bax who is a Calvin scholar and Presbyterian minister active in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Day One Photos

 View from Table Mountain.

 Gene & Melissa Gee

 Bre Harmon, Lisa Hermann, Emily Miller, & Katie Strednak conquering Table Mountain.

 Theresa Walton & Jamesetta Ferguson

  Table Mountain

 District 6 Museum

 Notes to HIV/AIDS victims.

 Katie Stednak looking at names of former slaves as the Slave Lodge Museum.

 John our tour guide and Johnny Hill.

 Frances Adeney striking a pose.

 Gene Gee, the shutterbug.

 2010 World Cup Arena in progress.

 Josh Robinson, 3,569.75 ft on top of the world!